Historical Timeline Week 1 Assignment

By Tangina1990

  • Pennysylvania Association for Reftarded Children (PARC)V.

  • Mills v. The Board of Educationof the District of Columbia

  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

  • Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975

    In November 1975 President Gerald Ford signed into law the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142), or the EHA. The law was set forth to give children and their families with disabilities the opportunity for a free, appropriate public education.

  • Board of Education v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176 (1982)

    This law came about when a deaf girl by the name of Amy services was denied because she succeeded higher than the typical child in her mainstream classroom. Amy's parents took the situation to court but the case was denied.

  • Smith v. Robinson

  • Amendments to the Education of All Handicapped Children Act

  • Honig v. Doe

    A court case was brought against a school board that expelled a child with disabilities after he choked another child. The Honig v. Doe was a decision in a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court dealt with the issue of expelling a disabled child based on actions arising out of that child’s disability.

  • Individuals With Disabilities Education Act

  • Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

  • Amendments to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 1997

  • Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004